Certificate of correction



March 8, 1932. E. D. SIMONS I RESILIENT SNAP FASTENE R SOCKET Filed April 8, 1930 a lb J? 2.-

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STATES T @FFEQE ERNEST D. SIMONS, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR- TO SCOVILL BIANUFAC- TURIN G COMPANY, OF VJATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTI- RESILIENT' SNAP FASTENER SOCKET This invention relates to resilient snap fastener socket-s for separable fasteners of the stud and socket type.

The object of the invention is to provide a 5. resilient snap fastener socket so formed of a single piece of sheet metal as to produce an attractive, elllcient and more or less ornamental device of simple construction, easy application, and low manufacturing cost.

10 The invention contemplates a socket and an attaching eyelet, the socket comprising a tubular barrel, tapered from top to bottom and open at both ends and longitudinally slitted to afford resiliency, and a flange formed in- 5 tegrally with the barrel and of a single thickness and rolled back or curved continuously from the barrel to its terminal edge to form a locking chamber of large area for the eyelet,

' the rolled back flange being of more or less 2 ornamental shape to provide an attractive head or rim of considerable rigidity, as I will proceed now to explain and finally claim.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, in the several figures of parts are similarly designated,

Figure 1 is a top plan View of the socket, Fig.

2 is a bottom plan view thereof, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 4: is a section taken on line d-& of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is an axial sectional view of an eyelet suitable for use in attaching or setting the socket upon an article. Fig. 6 is an axial section of the socket set upon a piece of material. Fig. 7 illustrates the socket of my invention used upon Fig. 8 is a section taken on line 88 of Fig. 7 Fig. 9 illustrates a conventional form of mounted rigid stud member suitable for cooperation with the socket of my invention.

The socket shown particularly in Figs. 1 to 4, comprises a barrel 1 and a flange 2. The barrel is tapered from top to bottom, is open at both ends and is provided at its lower edge with an inturned rounded lip 3. Slits 4: of a number suflicient to impart to the barrel the desired resiliency, are formed longitudinally thereof. The flange 2, which is integral with the barrel 1 and of a single thickness, is rolled back or curved continuously from the barrel 5 to its terminal edge to provide a locking Application filed April 8, 1930. Serial No. 442,595.

chamber 5 of large area for an attaching or setting eyelet. This rolled back flange also may form an attractive ornamental head or rim. The terminal edge 6 of the flange lies adjacent and in relatively close proximity to but separated from the lower portion of the barrel, thus forming an annular opening 7 between it and the exterior of the barrel, for the passage of the shank of the attaching eyelet into the locking chamber.

As the attaching member or element of the socket I provide an eyelet (Fig. 5) having a hollow or tubular shank 8 slightly flared at its leading end 9 and provided with a base or flange 10. The shank 8 has an internal diameter greater than the external diameter of the barrel 1 of the socket for a purpose hereinafter explained.

In attaching the socket to an article, say a piece of cloth as indicated at 11, Fig. 6, the socket is arranged upon one side thereof and the eyelet upon the other side with its leading end 9 registering with the annular opening 7 of the socket. Upon the application of setting pressure to the two parts, the shank of the eyelet is pressed into the locking chamber and is upset or rolled outward thereby and clinched against the curvilinear inside of flange 2 as shown at 12, Fig. 6, within the chamber 5.

Due to the difference in diameter of the barrel 1 and shank 8, hereinbefore referred to, sufiicient space is left between these parts when the socket is affixed to an article to permit resilient action. of the barrel to admit the head 13 of a stud member past the lip 3, the resiliency of the barrel causing it to embrace the neck 14 of the stud member after the head has been inserted."

Although the socket may be applied to flexible material, such as cloth, as shown in Fig. 6. it is equally well adapted to be used in combination with metallic or other rigid or relatively rigid materials or articles.

As one such applicatiozti, I have shown. in Figs. 7 andSits association with a slide buckle 15. This buckle has av crossbar 16 provided with prongs or teeth 17 to position it upon a strap or the like18 and the cross-bar is apertured, as shown at 19, Fig. 8, to receive the will be of a confined Within it and is thus protected Y against crushing, distortion and other in- Obviously, to the end that this protecbe afforded, the shank 8 of the eyelet length sufficient to provide ade quate clinching within the locking chamber 5 jury. tion may pass into said locking chamber through said annular opening and be rolled outwardly against the interior curved surface of said flange to affix said socket member to an article, the relative diameters of said barrel and shank permitting resilient expansion'of said barrel when a stud is inserted therein and withdrawn therefrom, the inturned rounded lip being located within the confines of the attaching eyelet.

' In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 7th, day of April, A. D. 1930. ERNEST D. SIMONS.

and at the same time not permit the end of the 1 barrel 1 to project outside of the base or flange 10. To this end eyelets having shanks of a lengthto accommodate the thickness of the particular material to which the socket is to be applied will be furnished.

Various changes and modifications are deemed to be'within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the following claims.

What I claim is I I 1. A snap fastener socket, comprising a tapered barrel open at both ends and plurally slitted and having an inturned rounded lip to provide-a resilient stud-engaging element, a flange integral with said barrel and rolled back in a continuous curve from the barrel to the terminal edge of said flange so that its terminal edge lies in relatively close proximity to the exterior of said barrel to thus provide 9 a' locking chamber of large area, said terminal I edge providing a support for the socket upon an article to which it is to be attached and said barrel and said terminal edge providing between them an annular opening for the passage of the shank of an attaching eyelet, said shank being rolled out- I wardly against the flange and clinched within said chamber againstsaid flange to afflx said socket to said article, the inturned' rounded lip being located within the confines of the attachingeyelet.

2; A snap'fastened'socket and an attaching eyelet, said socket comprising a tapered barrel plurally slitted and having an inturned 'irounded lip to provide a resilient stud-engag-.

ing element, and a flange integral with said 7 barreland of a single thickness of material I and rolled back in a continuous curve'from the barrel to its terminal edge so as topro- .vide a locking chamber of large area, the ter- 'minal edgeof said flange lying in relatively I close proximity to the stud-engaging portion of. said barrel and adapted to support said 7 socket upon an article towhich it is to be at- 60 tached and providing between itand said barrel anannular opening, and said eyelet having a tubular shank of greater interior diameter than the exterior diameter of said barrel atv its stud-engaging portion, said vshank adapted to surround said barrel and CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

Patent No. 1,848,580. Granted March 8, 1932, to

ERNEST D. SIMONS.

It is hereby certified that the residence of the patentee in the above numbered patent was erroneously described and specified as "New Haven, Gonneeticut", Whereas said residence should have been described and specified as Cheshire, Connecticut; and that the said Letters Patent sheuld he read with this correction therein that the same may conferm to the reeerri of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 5th day of April, A. D. 1932.

M. J. Meme, (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

